Alpine Aster
Aster alpinus

Description: This lower growing Aster is compact and spreads by rhizomes through the soil to fill in the nooks and cranies of open rocky sites and gravelly ditches. It would be a showy late blooming addtion to well drained rock gardens and exposed sunny sites where is has room to grow.

Found in Nature: Open rocky sites, slopes and rock outcropings.

Sunlight: Sun

Soil: Well Drained

Exposure: Full

Size: 4-10" T & Spreading

Bloom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: July to August

Spreads By:

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